Plant communities on ironstone outcrops: A diverse and endangered Brazilian ecosystem

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2185-2200

  Jacobi, Claudia M ^a   Do Carmo, Flávio F ^a   Vincent, Regina C ^b   Stehmann, João R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canga; Ferruginous rocky field; Iron Quadrangle; Opencast mining; Quadril tero Ferr fero

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IRONSTONE; OPENCAST MINING; OUTCROP; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BRAZIL; IRON QUADRANGLE; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; FILICOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 34249731367     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9156-8     Document Type: Article

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